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What are the similarities anddifferences between your body andthat of the Komodo dragon?Create a riddle using what you canobserve about its body parts.Think of words to describe theKomodo dragon and challenge familymembers to come up with the mostnumber of adjectives for the reptile.

SEE   

I wonder whyKomodo dragonsare threatened inthe wild.

WONDER

If you can touch theKomodo dragon, howdo you think it mightfeel like? What do you think itmight use its sharpclaws for?

THINK    

Use the See-Think-Wonder Thinking Routine* to start a conversation with your child*Adapted from Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education

KOMODO DRAGONSAnimals We Love:

KOMODO DRAGONSKomodo dragons are the largest living lizards. They can weigh over 100kg and grow longer than3 metres. They flick their long, forked tongue out constantly to pick up scent particles in the air. They thenuse the Jacobson’s organ on the roof of their mouth to analyse the information and locate prey andcarrion (decaying flesh). They hunt by ambushing prey, which include deer, pigs, and even water buffalos. Adults prey onyoung dragons. To stay safe, the little ones live in trees.Komodo dragons produce a venom that causes excessive bleeding. Their saliva contains some 60types of bacteria. Once bitten, their prey has little chance of survival – even if it escapes, it willeventually die from bleeding and infection. Komodo dragons are sometimes mistaken for Malayan monitor lizards, which are a common sight inSingapore.

Let's learn more about Komodo dragons:

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Blind Drawing

Watch the video and observe theKomodo dragon moving through itshabitat. What does the Komododragon look like? How does it move?Where is it going?

Play the video clip again. Take turnsto role-play as documentarynarrators for the video clip. Try towrite a short script before younarrate.

Get a one family member to join youfor this activity. Visit SingaporeZoo's web page on Komodo dragonsto select a photograph ofthe Komodo dragon and describe it,down to the smallest detail, to theother player(s).

Take turns to describe and blind-draw different photographs of theKomodo dragons on our web page.

Bonus Challenge: Complete this activity withinone minute.

Be a DocumentaryNarrator

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